Water colour of Isambard Kingdom Brunel from Frederic Lea’s wonderful limited-edition montage GWR175 painting

Monday is a day not to be missed at GWR175 for the great man, complete with top hat and (possibly false) cigar in teeth, will be spending the day at Toddington.  Quite what he will make of the 'cart gauge' tracks, with no sign of his once-grand 7ft. gauge main line, is anyone's guess.  But surely he will be impressed by the fact that his stations, his engineering, his bridges and tunnels are used by today's High Speed trains. 

And he will most certainly be delighted to see how we are celebrating the 175^th Anniversary of the Great Western Railway.  So why not pop along on Monday and meet the great man himself? 

Take a look too at the amazing display of nameplates, cabside plates, station totems and much, much more in the main marquee.  Neil Booth of Railwayana Auctions has worked tirelessly to persuade owners to bring along exhibits from their private collections from all over the country - evocative names of Kings, Castles, Stars, Manors and so much more - reminders of the glorious Great Western past.

Click here to go to our GWR175 pages!